curiosities

英 [ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtiz]

美 [ˌkjʊriˈɑsətiz]

n.  好奇心; 求知欲; 罕见而有趣之物; 奇物; 珍品
curiosity的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 好奇心;求知欲
  Curiosityis a desire to know about something.
  1. Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else...
     赖尔更多的是出于好奇才同意的。
  2. ...an enthusiasm and genuine curiosity about the past...
     对过去的巨大兴趣与真正的好奇
  3. To satisfy our own curiosity we traveled to Baltimore.
     为了满足好奇心，我们去了巴尔的摩。
• N-COUNT 罕见而有趣之物;奇物;珍品
  Acuriosityis something that is unusual, interesting, and fairly rare.
  1. There is much to see in the way of castles, curiosities, and museums...
     可以看到很多城堡、奇珍异品和博物馆。
  2. Reed International is a curiosity in the international world of publishing.
     里德国际公司是国际出版界的一朵奇葩。
• curiosity killed the cat→ see:cat

双语例句

• There is much to see in the way of castles, curiosities, and museums
  可以看到很多城堡、奇珍异品和博物馆。
• By contrast, mere numerical findings as such, apart from the guiding interest which we have discussed here, rightly count as empty curiosities that satisfy neither a theoretical nor a practical concern.
  反之，如果只是些数字的堆集，没有这里所提及的指导观点，那末就可以有理由算作无聊的玩艺儿，既不能满足理论的兴趣，也不能满足实际的要求。
• O man, I beseech you do not treat God's promises as if they were curiosities for a museum;
  信徒阿，我求你不要把上帝的应许，当作展览会里的古玩；
• Then he flew against the window-pane, and was seen and admired by those in the room, who caught him, and stuck him on a pin, in a box of curiosities.
  他撞着窗玻璃飞，被人观看和欣赏，然后就被穿在一根针上，藏在一个小古董匣子里面。
• Tempting as it is to loll on the beach, I want to explore the cultural curiosities outside the hotel.
  尽管懒洋洋地倚靠在海滩是一个很大的诱惑，我还是想要探索在酒店之外的新奇的当地文化。
• Cars like mine are curiosities nowadays.
  如今像我这样的车实属罕见了。
• Go places. Try new things. Follow your curiosities and passions. Take chances.
  去旅游、尝试新事物、追随你的好奇心和激情、冒险。
• It has rooms full of new and old books, a delightful caf and what can best be described as a small exhibition of curiosities on the first floor.
  它有好几个堆满了新书和旧书的房间，还有一间怡人的小咖啡馆和一个展览厅。
• The interval between that time and supper he devoted to showing me his collection of curiosities.
  他利用晚餐以前的空隙时间，让我见识见识他收藏的珍奇玩意儿。
• Infant and child mortality have been greatly reduced, and many diseases that at one time had high fatality rates are now no more than medical curiosities.
  婴幼儿童的死亡率大大地减小，并且许多当时高死亡率的疾病现在不再是医学难题了。